Our incredible shrinking brains
The human brain has shrunk around 10 per cent in mass since peaking in size 15-30,000 years ago.
Science & Technology
“Insomnia does not equate to sleep deprivation”
Q&A with Guy Leschziner, author of "The Nocturnal Brain: Tales of Nightmares and Neuroscience".
Self-knowledge through numbers
Wearable technology can track our every movement and heartbeat – but what happens when insurers and employers get involved?
Turning the phage: a new front in the war on antibiotic resistance
Long overlooked in the West, could bacteriophages be the secret weapon in tackling our growing resistance to antibiotics?
Celebrating the Periodic Table, superconductivity, and magpies’ hidden skills
Chemistry, Biology, Physics: Three scientists talk through big recent developments in their fields.
“China is actively exporting its model of the internet”
Q&A with James Griffiths, author of "The Great Firewall of China".
The limits of facial recognition technology
Despite evidence of in-built racial bias, unregulated facial recognition software is widely used.
The reality of climate change
Even in a best case scenario, 36 per cent of the glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya range will disappear by 2100, says new report.
Protein engineering, a Nobel celebration, and the resurgence of measles
Chemistry, Biology, Physics: Three scientists talk through big recent developments in their fields.
Felling the family tree
Hereditary traits and even eugenics are back in the headlines, as a series of new books seek to influence the nature-nurture debate.